Historic Ryde Society

‘Giving Ryde’s Past to the Future’

Historic Ryde Society Quiz Night Thursday 28 December 2023 at Yelf's Hotel, at 7p.m. for 7.30pm.   The Museum of Ryde will be closed from 24th December 2023 to 4th February 2024. We are opening Monday, 5th February 2024. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

January 1887

STREET IMPROVEMENT

Minters Family Butchers letterhead
Minters Family Butchers letterhead

The toll house which stood out beyond the line of houses at the bottom of the High-street, and which was occupied so many years by Messrs Minter, has been pulled down during the past week, and the street has been widened by several feet.

Minter & Son obviously then moved to the building now (2010) occupied by the Hospice shop……as can be seen by comparing the window. In the 1861 census, Edward Kennet Minter is listed at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club House, Victoria Terrace, Ryde. He is a farmer of 84 acres, employing 4 men and 1 boy. His wife is listed as a Coal Merchant, employing 2 men. By the time of the 1871 census, he is a Butcher, next to the Crown Hotel, 156 High Street.

Upstairs window of the building currently occupied by the Hospice shop.
Upstairs window of the building currently occupied by the Hospice shop.

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